I don't snore. Never have. Yet I still managed to stop breathing 102 times an hour at my last sleep study. The goal is not to stop snoring. The goal is to stop apneas. It is also not smart to trade in your cpap for a cervical neck collar because you think it makes you feel like you got a "great" night of sleep.

What pressure was prescribed for your husband and what pressure is he actually using?

Thanks so much and this is great to know. I remember posting a while back and the neck collar in conjunction with the CPAP was recommended so we have tried it ever since. So is it not helpful to use the neck collar? It would be great to know as I don't want to affect the treatment in any way.

The pressure 10 was prescribed but we have swapped to the Auto Cpap and the pressure now is 14-20 and my husbands snores were much less. I was not aware that the snores were not important. As for us, we were under the impression that the less snores the better.

I would highly appreciate any insights on this and I am happy to post his reports if this helps.

Seeing a physician in the country we are living in is not really an option, hence we would have to wait to see a specialist for when we next travel to the UK.

I remember posting a while back and the neck collar in conjunction with the CPAP was recommended so we have tried it ever since. So is it not helpful to use the neck collar? It would be great to know as I don't want to affect the treatment in any way.

Some people find it advantageous. The problem with the dumb 'flowchart' was that it suggested a collar *instead* of cpap.

The pressure 10 was prescribed but we have swapped to the Auto Cpap and the pressure now is 14-20 and my husbands snores were much less. I was not aware that the snores were not important. As for us, we were under the impression that the less snores the better.

Who told you that snores weren't important? Snores are bad, they increase the effort to breath and reduce the amount of rest and recuperation... aside from keeping everybody else awake. They're also seen as a precursor to apneas, and that's why all auto machines raise pressure in response to snores.

Thanks so much, that is great to know. I was a bit confused there. So neck collar and Cpap is ok?

In regards of the pressure, does it make sense to keep the pressure at the level that keeps the snores to a minimum?

I couldn't agree more. It is tough for my husband who still hasn't adapted to the devise yet and for me being the most sensitive sleeper in the world. I am still not giving up though. I hope that we will sort it all one day.

Thanks so much, that is great to know. I was a bit confused there. So neck collar and Cpap is ok?

If it helps, then yes, it's perfectly fine. Some people use them to help keep their mouths closed, some people use them to help align their airways... possibly other reasons... there's no reason not to, if one wants to.

In regards of the pressure, does it make sense to keep the pressure at the level that keeps the snores to a minimum?

Absolutely. Think about it.. snoring is caused by vibrating of soft tissue, to do that, the airway has to be narrowed enough to make that happen, narrowed airway results in having to work harder to suck in air, more work, less rest.

As mentioned there are still some snores, especially these nasty vibratory ones. Do you think lowering the minimum or maximum pressure would be any option or is this the only thing we can do and keep it between 14-20 which I believe is maximum pressure.

As mentioned there are still some snores, especially these nasty vibratory ones. Do you think lowering the minimum or maximum pressure would be any option or is this the only thing we can do and keep it between 14-20 which I believe is maximum pressure.

lowering pressure will probably result in more snoring, which is why when the machine detects snoring, it raises the pressure.

20 is the max.

Unless there's other issues, I usually recommend leaving the max pressure at the max it'll go to, the machine won't raise pressure any further than it needs to, to alleviate breathing problems.